Outsourcing, Education, and Thinking about the Future
…of Bowie’s oeuvre had provided a level of patronage that’s inconceivable for a musician of Bowie’s bent today…he spent the Nineties as a free agent, jumping from label to label,…
…of Bowie’s oeuvre had provided a level of patronage that’s inconceivable for a musician of Bowie’s bent today…he spent the Nineties as a free agent, jumping from label to label,…
…high cost of American health care. I begin by explaining the origin and meaning of the “single payer” label. I will then describe the two defects in S 1129 in…
…protects the public from food-borne illnesses. It issues nutritional advice and drug labeling guidelines. It polices false medical claims on packaging and in advertisements. It safeguards about one in every…
Most economists do not put stock in the stock market. That is to say that they do not include the stock markets in their analyses. Yet, economists should have a…
…what happened economically this past month, it was on the larger matter of GDP growth, with most forecasting a rate in the 2-2.5 percent range, which if if that had…
…if staffing isn’t possible overnight? I’ve already seen initiatives shut down ahead of the hurricane season that would have resulted in better forecasting and preparedness.” DOGE cuts hurt weather forecasting…
…opponents of mechanization or advocates of short-time working, a reasoning they label as a misconception and which we know today under the label ‘lump of labor’ fallacy ‘. But the…
…a lot this month and every month for the year. Hoping but not forecasting. Greg Mankiw of the CEA is forecasting employment growth of only 1.5% for this year, which…
…Economic Outlook: Fiscal Years 2013 to 2023” Strikingly the CBO seems to have qualitatively nailed it. The report starts Economic growth will remain slow this year, CBO anticipates, as gradual…
…pursuit of quick returns on capital—yet these gambles hardly resolve broader fiscal realities. This is where forecasting comes in, as it might be naïve to assume that the current levels…